Wednesday, October 20th
sounds of Chicago
Isaiah Collier (saxophones) and Jeremiah Collier (drums), live, Chicago (Hyde Park Jazz Festival), 9/27/20
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Monday, October 11th
sounds of Chicago
Ken Vandermark (1964-, reeds) & Hamid Drake (1955-, drums, MCOTD Hall of Fame), playing the music of Don Cherry (1936-1995), live (performance begins at 4:50), Chicago, 10/9/21
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Saturday, October 9th
serendipity
This I bumped into the other day, happily.
The NU Band (Kenny Wessel, guitar; Joe Fonda, bass; Lou Grassi, drums), “The Unnecessary Correction,” live, Rochester, N.Y., 9/26/21
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Friday, October 8th
what’s new
Common, “When We Move” (feat. Black Thought, Seun Kuti), 9/28/21
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*****
reading table
Clear and clearer
with the moon the heart
swells widening
out toward
what distant end I know not—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
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Thursday, October 7th
never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major (“Emperor”), 2nd Mvt.; London Symphony Orchestra (Simon Rattle, cond.) with Krystian Zimerman (piano), 2020 (published 7/9/21)
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Wednesday, October 6th
sounds of Chicago
Marvin Tate (vocals, compositions) with Ben Lamar Gay (electronics, cornet, piano), Mike Reed (drums, percussion), et al., live, Chicago, 9/4/21
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Friday, October 1st
only rock ‘n’ roll
Kinks, live (“Victoria,” “Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues,” “Dedicated Follower of Fashion,” “Lola,” “Holiday,” “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” “You Really Got Me,” “All Day and All of the Night,” “Waterloo Sunset,” “Village Green Preservation Society”), London, early 1970s
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Tuesday, September 28th
like nobody else
This I could listen to all day.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Igor Levit (1987-, piano), 2020
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Monday, September 27th
sounds of Chicago
This is one of the best music festivals I know: thoughtfully programmed, lovingly presented.
Hyde Park Jazz Festival: Makaya McCraven (drums, compositions), Ensemble Dal Niente featuring Ken Vandermark (saxophone), live, Chicago, 9/25/21
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Sunday, September 26th
sounds of Chicago
Anointed Brown Sisters, “I Don’t Know What You’ve Come Do Do,” live, Chicago, 2010
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